Mariah Carey has become the butt of many jokes after her epic New Year's Eve performance fail.

After lip-syncing terribly along to a recording of her tracks, and having a bit of an on-stage meltdown in front of millions of people at her Times Square show, the internet has reacted in a hilarious way.

Mariah herself seemed to see the funny side, sharing a GIF of her shrugging her shoulders alongside the message: "Shit happens Have a happy and healthy new year everybody! Here's to making more headlines in 2017"

Mariah fell apart at her Times Square gig (Image: REUTERS)

A host of people have poked fun at the star by creating memes and sharing them far and wide across the internet.

Internet prankster Arron Crascall shared this rib-tickling vine of him doing his best Mariah impression.

Arron is in a supermarket and listening to the All I Want For Christmas Is You singer belting out the high notes as he pretends to sing along.

But it appears rather than lip-syncing he's actually singing, and he gets some funny looks from his fellow shoppers.

Others decided to go with a Star Wars theme, with one pitting Miss Piggy against a Jedi version of herself, while another went with Kermit the Frog.

Someone else suggested that Mariah's record label may not want anything to do with her after the performance.

They shared a GIF of a smiling Mariah holding a paddle with 'I don't know her' written across it, alongside the caption: "mariah carey's record label after her performance tonight:"

Her lip-syncing failed miserably (Image: Barcroft Media)

Some however chose to simply tweet their views.

One said: "Mariah Carey... thank you for being the first meme of 2017."

Another wrote: "Mariah's performance is my favorite thing from 2016"

And another posted: "R.I.P to Mariah Carey's career"

Mariah Carey performs during New Year's Eve (Image: Getty)

Carey lost the plot after her attempts to lip-sync completely fell apart, crying: "I'm trying to be a good sport here."

It's believed the wrong song was played and Carey couldn't hear what she should have been singing on stage.

With a face of thunder, she stropped around the stage saying: "'We didn't have a check for this song... we're missing some of the vocals, but it is what it is.